How to Massage a Senior's Arms

Video Transcript

"And so we're going to work up the arm to the bicep area here and here what I'd like to do is just some nice gentle massaging on the triceps, the back of the arm. When you're doing that notice I'm supporting the arm, I'm not just laying it dangle. Here I let the arm rest on the table and work the front side of it or the bicep. Then, again work your way up and here at the shoulder you're just going to do some nice gentle massaging, kind of like a rocking motion, like you would a young child where you're just kind of rocking them to sleep. This is a very comforting and loving touch right here where you're just letting the person know that; one, you care and two, it's okay to relax. So you just continue to work your way up the shoulder a little towards the neck. Try and get to the back of the shoulder a little bit as well and then work your way back down and then finish at the hand, a nice gentle massage touch on the hand. That's it and then in the next segment we'll be working on the head, neck and shoulder area."